This blog will grow in 2 directions - hopefully I’ll keep it up going forward, but I also want to try and make some historical posts, as if I did have a blog in the past. So posts will show up as new for a while... Then I’ll change the date to reflect when it would have been posted so it’s chronological.
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The Young Ones
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 No commentsIt’s that time of year again it seems – young critturs are everywhere around the place. For a week or more we’ve been having the Downy Woodpeckers bringing their young to the suet feeder on the porch outside our lounge window to feed them suet and show them how this upside down thing works.
Downy Woodpeckers
Tonight as I went out the front door to fill the bird feeders I caught a glimpse of some brown on the grass to the south of the house, and wondered what tree limb had fallen down, but quite quickly realised I was looking at two fawns sitting down on the grass.
I managed to walk out onto the lawn to get a better view before they really realised I was there. Read the rest of this entry »
Bambis
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The Deer and the Garden
Posted on June 20th, 2009 1 commentTonight Lisa looks outside about 9 PM and notices a cute little deer baby out on the lawn. As I walk over to look I see another one – both very young, and “oh so cute” with their spots.
About a week ago I’d seen a single Bambi and Mum out in the wildflower “prairie” we have planted over the septic hill but it wasn’t the same as these ones which are even smaller. Read the rest of this entry »
Two Bambis
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